Notice2022-18348
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders (China, Japan, Korea, and UK), Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders (India), and Revocation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders (Brazil)
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Published
August 25, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from the People's Republic of China (China), India, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), and the United Kingdom (UK) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, net countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD orders. In addition, as a result of the ITC's determination that revocation of the AD and CVD orders on certain cold-rolled steel from Brazil is not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is revoking the AD and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from Brazil.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52360-52364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18348]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-351-843, A-570-029, A-533-865, A-588-873, A-580-881, A-412-824, C-
533-866, C-351-844]
Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil, China, India, Japan,
the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom: Continuation of
Antidumping Duty Orders (China, Japan, Korea, and UK), Continuation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders (India), and Revocation of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders (Brazil)
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty
(CVD) orders on certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled
steel) from the People's Republic of China (China), India, Japan, the
Republic of Korea (Korea), and the United Kingdom (UK) would likely
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, net countervailable
subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States,
Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of the AD and CVD
orders. In addition, as a result of the ITC's determination that
revocation of the AD and CVD orders on certain cold-rolled steel from
Brazil is not likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is revoking the AD
and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from Brazil.
DATES: Applicable August 25, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reginald Anadio, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3166.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 14 and September 20, 2016, Commerce published in the
Federal Register the China and Japan AD Orders and the Brazil, India,
Korea, and United Kingdom AD Orders, respectively.\1\ On
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September 20, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
India and Brazil CVD Orders (collectively with AD Orders, Orders).\2\
On June 1, 2021, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the
sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ Commerce conducted expedited
(120-day) sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result
of its reviews, Commerce determined pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and
752(c) of the Act, that revocation of the Orders would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies.
Commerce also notified the ITC of the magnitude of the dumping margins
and net countervailable subsidies likely to prevail should the Orders
be revoked.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan and
the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 45956
(July 14, 2016) (China and Japan AD Orders); see also Certain Cold-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, India, the Republic of
Korea, and the United Kingdom: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping
Determinations for Brazil and the United Kingdom and Antidumping
Duty Orders, 81 FR 64432 (September 20, 2016) (Brazil, India, Korea,
and United Kingdom AD Orders).
\2\ See Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil,
India, and the Republic of Korea: Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order (the
Republic of Korea) and Countervailing Duty Orders (Brazil and
India), 81 FR 64436 (September 20, 2016) (India and Brazil CVD
Orders).
\3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 86 FR 29239
(June 1, 2021).
\4\ See Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, China,
India, Japan, Republic of Korea, and United Kingdom: Final Results
of the Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 86
FR 54924 (October 5, 2021); see also Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from India: Final Results of the Expedited Five-Year Sunset Review
of the Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 54421 (October 1, 2021); and
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products of Brazil: Final Results of
the Expedited First Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order,
87 FR 77 (January 3, 2022).
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On August 12, 2022, the ITC published its determination, pursuant
to section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the AD orders on cold-
rolled steel from China, India, Japan, Korea, and the UK, and the AD
and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from India, would be likely to lead
to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time, and that revocation
of the AD and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from Brazil would not be
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within
a reasonably foreseeable time.\5\
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\5\ See Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, China,
India, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, 87 FR 49886
(August 12, 2022).
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Scope of the Orders: Brazil, India, Korea, the United Kingdom, and
China
The products covered by the orders with respect to Brazil, India,
Korea, the United Kingdom, and China are certain cold-rolled (cold-
reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not annealed, painted,
varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances.
The products covered do not include those that are clad, plated, or
coated with metal. The products covered include coils that have a width
or other lateral measurement (``width'') of 12.7 mm or greater,
regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers,
spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products
not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75
mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least 10
times the thickness. The products covered also include products not in
coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more and
a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice the thickness.
The products described above may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of either rectangular or non-
rectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which have been
``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been beveled or
rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this investigation are
products in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the
other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less,
by weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the
quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
<bullet> 2.50 percent of manganese, or
<bullet> 3.30 percent of silicon, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of copper, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
<bullet> 1.25 percent of chromium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
<bullet> 0.40 percent of lead, or
<bullet> 2.00 percent of nickel, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
<bullet> 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
<bullet> 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of zirconium
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, motor lamination
steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS), and Ultra High Strength
Steels (UHSS). IF steels are recognized as low carbon steels with
micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or niobium added
to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels are recognized
as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as chromium,
copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. Motor lamination
steels contain micro-alloying levels of elements such as silicon and
aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile strength and high
elongation steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered whether or not
they are high tensile strength or high elongation steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been
further processed in a third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,
punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the Brazil, India,
Korea, the United Kingdom, and China orders if performed in the country
of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of the Brazil, India,
Korea, the United Kingdom, and China orders unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside of and/or specifically
excluded from the scope of the Brazil, India, Korea, the United
Kingdom, and China orders:
<bullet> Ball bearing steels; \6\
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\6\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in
addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the
amount specified: (i) not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent
of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of
manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv)
none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than
0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25
nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than
0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent
of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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<bullet> Tool steels; \7\
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\7\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) more than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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<bullet> Silico-manganese steel; \8\
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\8\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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<bullet> Grain-oriented electrical steels (GOES) as defined in the
final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Poland.\9\
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\9\ See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and
Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances,
79 FR 42501, 42503 (July 22, 2014). This determination defines
grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat-rolled alloy steel
product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent but not more than
6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of carbon, not more
than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other element in an amount that
would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, in
coils or in straight lengths.''
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<bullet> Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (NOES), as defined in the
antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China, Germany,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\10\
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\10\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741-42 (December
3, 2014). The orders define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled,
alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, regardless of width,
having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core
loss is substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the
plane of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the
cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss.
NOES has a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla
when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along
(i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800
value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon
but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a
surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating may be
applied.''
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The products subject to the Brazil, India, Korea, the United
Kingdom, and China orders are currently classified in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers:
7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070, 7209.16.0091,
7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091, 7209.18.1530,
7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580, 7209.18.6020,
7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000, 7209.28.0000,
7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000, 7211.23.3000,
7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090, 7211.29.2030,
7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080, 7211.90.0000,
7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080, 7225.99.0090,
7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050.
The products subject to the Brazil, India, Korea, the United
Kingdom, and China orders may also enter under the following HTSUS
numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010, 7215.10.0080,
7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061, 7215.50.0063,
7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000, 7217.10.2000,
7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000, 7226.99.0180,
7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000, and
7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
Scope of the Order: Japan \11\
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\11\ As result of a changed circumstances review, Commerce
modified the scope of the order on cold-rolled steel from Japan to
specify an exclusion on certain cold-rolled steel from Japan. See
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan: Final Results of
Changed Circumstances Review, and Revocation of Antidumping Duty
Order, in Part, 82 FR 12337 (March 2, 2017); see also See Cold-
Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, China, India, Japan,
Republic of Korea, and United Kingdom: Final Results of the
Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders, 86 FR 54924
(October 5, 2021), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum
at 17, n.73.
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The products covered by the order on Japan are certain cold-rolled
(cold-reduced), flat-rolled steel products, whether or not annealed,
painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances. The products covered do not include those that are clad,
plated, or coated with metal. The products covered include coils that
have a width or other lateral measurement (``width'') of 12.7 mm or
greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed
layers, spirally oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include
products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less
than 4.75 mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures
at least 10 times the thickness. The products covered also include
products not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of
4.75 mm or more and a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least
twice the thickness. The products described above may be rectangular,
square, circular, or other shape and include products of either
rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-section
is achieved subsequent to the rolling process, i.e., products which
have been ``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges). For purposes of the width and
thickness requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this order are products in
which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other
contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by
weight; and (3) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity,
by weight, respectively indicated:
<bullet> 2.50 percent of manganese, or
<bullet> 3.30 percent of silicon, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of copper, or
<bullet> 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
<bullet> 1.25 percent of chromium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
<bullet> 0.40 percent of lead, or
<bullet> 2.00 percent of nickel, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called wolfram), or
<bullet> 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
<bullet> 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
<bullet> 0.30 percent of zirconium.
Unless specifically excluded, products are included in this scope
regardless of levels of boron and titanium.
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For example, specifically included in this scope are vacuum
degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free
(``IF'')) steels, high strength low alloy (``HSLA'') steels, motor
lamination steels, Advanced High Strength Steels (``AHSS''), and Ultra
High Strength Steels (``UHSS''). IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as titanium and/or
niobium added to stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements. HSLA steels
are recognized as steels with micro-alloying levels of elements such as
chromium, copper, niobium, titanium, vanadium, and molybdenum. Motor
lamination steels contain micro-alloying levels of elements such as
silicon and aluminum. AHSS and UHSS are considered high tensile
strength and high elongation steels, although AHSS and UHSS are covered
whether or not they are high tensile strength or high elongation
steels.
Subject merchandise includes cold-rolled steel that has been
further processed in a third country, including but not limited to
annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming, cutting,
punching, and/or slitting, or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the order if
performed in the country of manufacture of the cold-rolled steel.
All products that meet the written physical description, and in
which the chemistry quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the scope of this order unless
specifically excluded. The following products are outside of and/or
specifically excluded from the scope of this order:
<bullet> Ball bearing steels; \12\
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\12\ Ball bearing steels are defined as steels which contain, in
addition to iron, each of the following elements by weight in the
amount specified: (i) Not less than 0.95 nor more than 1.13 percent
of carbon; (ii) not less than 0.22 nor more than 0.48 percent of
manganese; (iii) none, or not more than 0.03 percent of sulfur; (iv)
none, or not more than 0.03 percent of phosphorus; (v) not less than
0.18 nor more than 0.37 percent of silicon; (vi) not less than 1.25
nor more than 1.65 percent of chromium; (vii) none, or not more than
0.28 percent of nickel; (viii) none, or not more than 0.38 percent
of copper; and (ix) none, or not more than 0.09 percent of
molybdenum.
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<bullet> Tool steels; \13\
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\13\ Tool steels are defined as steels which contain the
following combinations of elements in the quantity by weight
respectively indicated: (i) More than 1.2 percent carbon and more
than 10.5 percent chromium; or (ii) not less than 0.3 percent carbon
and 1.25 percent or more but less than 10.5 percent chromium; or
(iii) not less than 0.85 percent carbon and 1 percent to 1.8
percent, inclusive, manganese; or (iv) 0.9 percent to 1.2 percent,
inclusive, chromium and 0.9 percent to 1.4 percent, inclusive,
molybdenum; or (v) not less than 0.5 percent carbon and not less
than 3.5 percent molybdenum; or (vi) not less than 0.5 percent
carbon and not less than 5.5 percent tungsten.
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\14\ Silico-manganese steel is defined as steels containing by
weight: (i) Not more than 0.7 percent of carbon; (ii) 0.5 percent or
more but not more than 1.9 percent of manganese, and (iii) 0.6
percent or more but not more than 2.3 percent of silicon.
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<bullet> Grain-oriented electrical steel (``GOES'') as defined in the
final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Grain-
Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland.\15\
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\15\ See Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan,
and Poland: Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
and Certain Final Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, 79 FR 42501, 42503 (July 22, 2014) (Grain-Oriented
Electrical Steel from Germany, Japan, and Poland). This
determination defines grain-oriented electrical steel as ``a flat-
rolled alloy steel product containing by weight at least 0.6 percent
but not more than 6 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent
of carbon, not more than 1.0 percent of aluminum, and no other
element in an amount that would give the steel the characteristics
of another alloy steel, in coils or in straight lengths.''
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<bullet> Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (``NOES''), as defined in the
antidumping orders issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in Non-
Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, Germany,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan.\16\
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\16\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 79 FR 71741, 71741-71742
(December 3, 2014) (Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's
Republic of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden,
and Taiwan). The orders define NOES as ``cold-rolled, flat-rolled,
alloy steel products, whether or not in coils, regardless of width,
having an actual thickness of 0.20 mm or more, in which the core
loss is substantially equal in any direction of magnetization in the
plane of the material. The term `substantially equal' means that the
cross grain direction of core loss is no more than 1.5 times the
straight grain direction (i.e., the rolling direction) of core loss.
NOES has a magnetic permeability that does not exceed 1.65 Tesla
when tested at a field of 800 A/m (equivalent to 10 Oersteds) along
(i.e., parallel to) the rolling direction of the sheet (i.e., B800
value). NOES contains by weight more than 1.00 percent of silicon
but less than 3.5 percent of silicon, not more than 0.08 percent of
carbon, and not more than 1.5 percent of aluminum. NOES has a
surface oxide coating, to which an insulation coating may be
applied.''
Also excluded from the scope of this order is ultra-tempered
automotive steel, which is hardened, tempered, surface polished, and
meets the following specifications:
<bullet> Thickness: Less than or equal to 1.0 mm;
<bullet> Width: Less than or equal to 330 mm;
<bullet> Chemical composition:
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Element C Si Mn P S
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Weight %..................... 0.90-1.05 0.15-0.35 0.30-0.50 Less than or Less than or
equal to 0.03. equal to
0.006.
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Physical properties:
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Width less than or equal to 150 mm..... Flatness of less than 0.2% of
nominal strip width.
Width of 150 to 330 mm................. Flatness of less than 5mm of
nominal strip width.
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<bullet> Microstructure: Completely free from decarburization.
Carbides are spheroidal and fine within 1% to 4% (area percentage) and
are undissolved in the uniform tempered martensite;
<bullet> Surface roughness: less than or equal to 0.80 to [mu]m Rz;
<bullet> Non-metallic inclusion:
<bullet> Sulfide inclusion less than or equal to 0.04% (area
percentage);
<bullet> Oxide inclusion less than or equal to 0.05% (area
percentage); and
<bullet> The mill test certificate must demonstrate that the steel
is proprietary grade ``PK'' and specify the following:
<bullet> The exact tensile strength, which must be greater than or
equal to 1600 N/mm\2\;
<bullet> The exact hardness, which must be greater than or equal to
465 Vickers hardness number;
<bullet> The exact elongation, which must be between 2.5% and 9.5%;
and
<bullet> Certified as having residual compressive stress within a
range of 100 to 400 N/mm\2\.
Also excluded from the scope of this order is certain cold-rolled
flat-rolled
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steel meeting the requirements of ASTM A424 Type 1 and having each of
the following characteristics:
<bullet> Continuous annealed cold-reduced steel in coils with a
thickness of between 0.30 mm and 0.36 mm that is in widths either from
875 mm to 940 mm or from 1,168 to 1,232 mm;
<bullet> a chemical composition, by weight, of:
[ssquf] Not more than 0.004% carbon;
[ssquf] not more than 0.010% aluminum;
[ssquf] 0.006%-0.010% nitrogen;
[ssquf] 0.012%-0.030% boron;
[ssquf] 0.010%-0.025% oxygen;
[ssquf] less than 0.002% of titanium;
[ssquf] less than 0.002% by weight of vanadium;
[ssquf] less than 0.002% by weight of niobium;
[ssquf] less than 0.002% by weight of antimony;
<bullet> a yield strength of from 179.3 MPa to 344.7 MPa;
<bullet> a tensile strength of from 303.7 MPa to 413.7 MPa;
<bullet> a percent of elongation of from 28% to 46% on a standard
ASTM sample with a 5.08 mm gauge length;
<bullet> a product shape of flat after annealing, with flat defined
as less than or equal to 1 I unit with no coil set as set forth in ASTM
A568, Appendix X5 (alternate methods for expressing flatness).
The products subject to this order are currently classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') under item
numbers: 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.0030, 7209.16.0060, 7209.16.0070,
7209.16.0091, 7209.17.0030, 7209.17.0060, 7209.17.0070, 7209.17.0091,
7209.18.1530, 7209.18.1560, 7209.18.2510, 7209.18.2520, 7209.18.2580,
7209.18.6020, 7209.18.6090, 7209.25.0000, 7209.26.0000, 7209.27.0000,
7209.28.0000, 7209.90.0000, 7210.70.3000, 7211.23.1500, 7211.23.2000,
7211.23.3000, 7211.23.4500, 7211.23.6030, 7211.23.6060, 7211.23.6090,
7211.29.2030, 7211.29.2090, 7211.29.4500, 7211.29.6030, 7211.29.6080,
7211.90.0000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7225.50.6000, 7225.50.8080,
7225.99.0090, 7226.92.5000, 7226.92.7050, and 7226.92.8050.
The products subject to the order may also enter under the
following HTSUS numbers: 7210.90.9000, 7212.50.0000, 7215.10.0010,
7215.10.0080, 7215.50.0016, 7215.50.0018, 7215.50.0020, 7215.50.0061,
7215.50.0063, 7215.50.0065, 7215.50.0090, 7215.90.5000, 7217.10.1000,
7217.10.2000, 7217.10.3000, 7217.10.7000, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030,
7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090, 7225.19.0000, 7226.19.1000, 7226.19.9000,
7226.99.0180, 7228.50.5015, 7228.50.5040, 7228.50.5070, 7228.60.8000,
and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) purposes only. The written
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.
Continuation of the AD and CVD Orders on Cold-Rolled Steel From China,
India, Japan, Korea, and the UK
As a result of the determinations by Commerce and the ITC that
revocation of the AD orders on cold-rolled steel from China, India,
Japan, Korea, and the UK, and the AD and CVD orders on cold-rolled
steel from India would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping, countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry
in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the continuation of the AD
orders on cold-rolled steel from China, India, Japan, Korea, and the
UK, and the AD and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from India. U.S.
Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD and CVD cash
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of
subject merchandise.
The effective date of the continuation of the AD orders on cold-
rolled steel from China, India, Japan, Korea, and the UK, and the AD
and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from India will be the date of
publication in the Federal Register of this notice of continuation.
Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c)(2),
Commerce intends to initiate the next sunset review of the AD orders on
cold-rolled steel from China, India, Japan, Korea, and the UK, and the
AD and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from India not later than 30
days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective date of
continuation.
Revocation of the AD and CVD Orders on Cold-Rolled Steel From Brazil
As a result of the determination by the ITC that revocation of the
AD and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from Brazil would not be likely
to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry
in the United States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.222(i)(1)(iii), and 19 CFR 351.218(a), Commerce is revoking the AD
and CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from Brazil. Pursuant to section
751(d)(3) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective date of
revocation is September 20, 2021 (i.e., the fifth anniversary of the
date of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of the AD and
CVD orders).\17\
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Cash Deposits and Assessment of Duties on Cold-Rolled Steel From Brazil
Commerce intends to notify CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to discontinue the collection of AD and CVD cash
deposits on entries of cold-rolled steel from Brazil, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse, on or after September 20, 2021. Commerce
intends to further instruct CBP to refund with interest all cash
deposits on unliquidated entries made on or after September 20, 2021.
Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective date of
revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of liquidation and
AD and CVD deposit requirements and assessments.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
APO of their responsibility concerning the return, destruction, or
conversion to judicial protective order of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to
comply is a violation of the APO which may be subject to sanctions.
Notification to Interested Parties
This five-year sunset review and this notice are in accordance with
sections 751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and this notice is published
pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4).
Dated: August 19, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-18348 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
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